Voucher fund use to be audited

2:35 PM,
Sep. 13, 2012

Superintendent of Education John White said the Department of Education will pay for audits of schools receiving voucher funds. The audits will be performed by accounting firms approved by the state to assure that the funds are being used wisely.

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Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - Private and parochial schools receiving state funds for vouchers must submit to audits of how those funds are utilized.

Superintendent of Education John White said the Department of Education will pay for the audits, which are to be performed by accounting firms approved by the state to assure that the funds are being used wisely. The audits would be done annually and would become part of the annual review to determine if schools should continue to receive state funding to participate in the voucher program.

White said the audits will examine whether schools are meeting the ...